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28 November 1885 | 10,380/13,157 | 78.89 | |
Liberal Party | 5,680 | 54.72 | |
Conservative Party | 4,700 | 45.28 | |
Majority | 980 | 9.44 | |
15 July 1886 | 9,852/13,157 | 74.88 | |
Liberal Party | 5,060 | 51.36 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 4,792 | 48.64 | |
Majority | 268 | 2.72 | |
9 February 1888 Resignation of Walter Shirley. (Chiltern Hundreds) | |||
23 February 1888 | 11,057/13,252 | 83.44 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 5,634 | 50.95 | |
Liberal Party | 5,423 | 49.05 | |
Majority | 211 | 1.91 | |
12 July 1892 | 11,383/14,521 | 78.39 | |
Liberal Party | 5,831 | 51.23 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 5,552 | 48.77 | |
Majority | 279 | 2.45 | |
23 July 1895 | 12,055/14,247 | 84.61 | |
Conservative Party | 6,098 | 50.58 | |
Liberal Party | 5,957 | 49.42 | |
Majority | 141 | 1.17 | |
8 October 1900 | 12,659/16,276 | 77.78 | |
Conservative Party | 6,512 | 51.44 | |
Liberal Party | 6,147 | 48.56 | |
Majority | 365 | 2.88 | |
24 January 1906 | 14,961/18,682 | 80.08 | |
Liberal Party | 9,315 | 62.26 | |
Conservative Party | 5,646 | 37.74 | |
Majority | 3,669 | 24.52 | |
20 January 1910 | 17,739/21,511 | 82.46 | |
Liberal Party | 10,654 | 60.06 | |
Conservative Party | 7,085 | 39.94 | |
Majority | 3,569 | 20.12 | |
15 December 1910 | 15,936/21,511 | 74.08 | |
Liberal Party | 9,240 | 57.98 | |
Conservative Party | 6,696 | 42.02 | |
Majority | 2,544 | 15.96 | |
14 December 1918 | 20,584/35,114 | 58.62 | |
Liberal Party - Coalition | 15,431 | 74.97 | |
Labour Party | 5,153 | 25.03 | |
Majority | 10,278 | 49.93 | |
15 November 1922 | 28,877/37,310 | 77.40 | |
Labour Party | 13,437 | 46.53 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 8,279 | 28.67 | |
National Liberal Party | 7,161 | 24.80 | |
Majority | 5,158 | 17.86 | |
6 December 1923 | 26,712/39,027 | 68.44 | |
Labour Party | 16,198 | 60.64 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 10,514 | 39.36 | |
Majority | 5,684 | 21.28 | |
29 October 1924 | 31,296/40,633 | 77.02 | |
Labour Party | 16,496 | 52.71 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,800 | 47.29 | |
Majority | 1,696 | 5.42 | |
30 May 1929 | 45,153/58,213 | 77.57 | |
Labour Party | 25,295 | 56.02 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 11,016 | 24.40 | |
Liberal Party | 8,842 | 19.58 | |
Majority | 14,279 | 31.62 | |
27 October 1931 | 49,568/61,444 | 80.67 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 27,205 | 54.88 | |
Labour Party | 22,363 | 45.12 | |
Majority | 4,842 | 9.77 | |
14 November 1935 | 51,974/66,925 | 77.66 | |
Labour Party | 29,963 | 57.65 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,011 | 42.35 | |
Majority | 7,952 | 15.30 | |
24 August 1938 Death of Alfred Short. | |||
17 November 1938 | 51,762/68,632 | 75.42 | |
Labour Party | 31,735 | 61.31 | |
National Liberal Party | 20,027 | 38.69 | |
Majority | 11,708 | 22.62 | |
4 December 1940 Death of John Morgan. | |||
6 February 1941 | |||
Labour Party | Unopposed |   | |
5 July 1945 | 57,049/76,539 | 74.54 | |
Labour Party | 40,050 | 70.20 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,999 | 29.80 | |
Majority | 23,051 | 40.41 | |
October 1947 Evelyn Walkden resigns the Labour whip after being found guilty of a breach of privilege by the Parliamentary Committee of Privileges. | |||
Boundary Change | |||
23 February 1950 | 48,020/56,081 | 85.63 | |
Labour Party | 24,449 | 50.91 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,571 | 49.09 | |
Majority | 878 | 1.83 | |
Minor Boundary Change | |||
25 October 1951 | 49,626/57,581 | 86.18 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 25,005 | 50.39 | |
Labour Party | 24,621 | 49.61 | |
Majority | 384 | 0.77 | |
26 May 1955 | 47,536/58,117 | 81.79 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 24,598 | 51.75 | |
Labour Party | 22,938 | 48.25 | |
Majority | 1,660 | 3.49 | |
8 October 1959 | 49,456/58,505 | 84.53 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,521 | 53.63 | |
Labour Party | 22,935 | 46.37 | |
Majority | 3,586 | 7.25 | |
15 October 1964 | 47,778/57,746 | 82.74 | |
Labour Party | 23,845 | 49.91 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,732 | 47.58 | |
Independent Liberal | 1,201 | 2.51 | |
Majority | 1,113 | 2.33 | |
Gerald Broadhead sought election as a "Radical National Liberal". | |||
31 March 1966 | 45,466/56,013 | 81.17 | |
Labour Party | 25,777 | 56.70 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,689 | 43.30 | |
Majority | 6,088 | 13.39 | |
18 June 1970 | 44,737/59,755 | 74.87 | |
Labour Party | 22,658 | 50.65 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,431 | 43.43 | |
Liberal Party | 2,648 | 5.92 | |
Majority | 3,227 | 7.21 | |
28 February 1974 | 48,096/58,912 | 81.64 | |
Labour Party | 23,041 | 47.91 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,565 | 36.52 | |
Liberal Party | 7,490 | 15.57 | |
Majority | 5,476 | 11.39 | |
10 October 1974 | 43,260/59,448 | 72.77 | |
Labour Party | 22,177 | 51.26 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,747 | 34.09 | |
Liberal Party | 6,336 | 14.65 | |
Majority | 7,430 | 17.18 | |
3 May 1979 | 45,338/60,487 | 74.95 | |
Labour Party | 22,184 | 48.93 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,208 | 42.37 | |
Liberal Party | 3,646 | 8.04 | |
National Front | 300 | 0.66 | |
Majority | 2,976 | 6.56 | |